Jan. 17, 2014

Science Goes to the Movies: ‘Her’

In Spike Jonze’s new movie Her, a lonely Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix) falls hard…for an operating system. This week in “Science Goes to the Movies,” our scientist-film critics weigh in on Her. Is “loveable” A.I. just around the corner? And if so, do we want it?

Produced by Annie Minoff, SciArts Producer

Guests

Sherry TurkleProfessor, Social Studies of ScienceMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyAuthor, “Alone Together: Why We Expect More From Technology and Less From Each Other” (Basic Books, 2011)Cambridge, Massachusetts